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The Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Human Metapneumovirus in Bulgaria, 2016-2019.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2021
Korsun Neli S, Angelova Svetla G, Trifonova Ivelina T, Voleva Silvia E, Grigorova Iliana G, Tzotcheva Iren S, Mileva Sirma D, Perenovska Penka I
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INTRODUCTION: We investigated the prevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) among patients with acute respiratory infections in Bulgaria, and performed genetic characterization of the F gene of these strains. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from patients of a range of ages were tested by using real-time PCR for 12 respiratory viruses. The F gene was sequenced, and phylogenetic and amino acid analyses of...
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